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SCOTCHMEN ALL AGLEE.
AND BONO IN HONOR
OF BOBBY BURNS.
The it Andrew's Society Celebrates
tbe Birthday of Scotland's Great
Poet Around Well-Laden Tables—
The Speeches and Music The So
ciety’s Guests— A Celebration to be
Remembered.
The St Andrew's Society celebrated the
anniversary of Robert Barns’ birthday at
the Knights of Pythias nail last night with a
a Scotch dinner. About 8:30 o’clock the mem
bers, with their invited guests, sat down to a
table laid with covers for sixty.
The society usually celebrates its anniver
sary, which occurs in November, with a
banquet, but this 'year the banquet was
postponed, and instead of celebrating its
anniversary the society celebrated Burns’
birthday. The tables were handsomely
spread:
The menu was as follows:
Oysters.
Half Shell. Stewed,
flams.
Red Heal Duos, Grape Jelly.
Boded.
Fdltoa Market Corned Bed.
Ferr.s Tongue and Ham
Haggis.
Roost.
Boston Kib Roast.
New York Turkey. Stuffed, Cranberry Sauce.
Turkey. Cnick
Entrees.
Chicken Salad. L obster Salad Doere- Celery.
Vienna Sardines. Lettuce. P otato Salad.
Beets. Coll Slaw.
Relishes.
EnelishPickles. Worc-st shire 'a me
Queen Olives. Mixed Pickles. Chow C nor.
Walnut Cats ip Horsa Radish. T>m ito C itsup.
Waite Onions Pepper aau ■-?
Pickled Cauliflowers
Drssert.
Fruit Cake. Pound Cake. Sponge Cake.
Oranges. Roi-int. Bananas Fi.-s.
Mixed Nuts. French Kisses. Cheese.
Toasted Craokers. Coffee.
Liquors.
Sauterne. Claret. Sherry. Hot Scotch. Rye.
The diniier was served by Fried & Hicks.
THE GUESTS.
P. M. Dougan, the ocietv’s president, sat
at the head of t. * table, an and looking to the
right and to the left, he saw the smiling
faces of Mayor Schwarz. Cant. John F.
Wheaton, Mon. P. IV. Mo’drim, Rev. Dr.
Bowman, Rev. Charles H Stroag, Rev. O.
P. Fitzsimmons, Col. William Rogers,
Thomas Ballautyne, Capt. J. W.
MeAlpin, James MoAlpin, \V. W.
Rogers, F. E. Rebarer, E. F. Brya i,
Capt. F. Strachan, Y. Mclntyre,
Robert BiUington, David Douglass, G. \V.
Adams, A. Wi gat?, T. H. McMillan, P.
R. Ward, G. B PiutohanL J. M. Lang,
Lawrence McNeill, Wallace Sohley, J.
F. Gray, Thomas Richards, Ti- ma3
Gamble, C. S. Conne at, William
McLs 01, J.?s-pb Ehleu, John Rutherford,
John Matlock, Dr. Aiken, Robert V.’arrsok,
W. G. Cann, William McNeil 1 , John
McMillan, William Alexander, H. E. Ra:ns
ford, M. T Davis, William Falconer,
George B. Clarke, H. A. McLeod, and
Messrs. Grant Stephens, McCoy, and Cho*-
nutt.
The courses were disposed of amidst
pleasant taik, and then Mr. Dougan aril
the vice presidents, William R>g rs and
J. M. Lang, began serving the punch.
■mu TOASTS.
Rev. O. P. Fitzsimrao: s respond?' ! to the
first toast, “Memory of Burnt.” Mr Fitz
simmons painted in gl wing and eloquent
language the genius and br.fuaaey of B urns
as a poet, his love for everything human
and for every object in nacure’c domain.
He refuted the words that Bco land died
because she had no poet. “I was in
Scotland same y ars ag >,” the speaker
said, "and something occurred of interest
to me, and it will inter st you. It was
the custom in thechurchcs to c'mrarmorate
the birih of Bu ns. On one occasion a
preacher declared from the pulpit that any
services in meraorvof Bums wereiofa-uo is.
"I am pr. ud of the infamy,” the speaker
said. “There ar* t..reo ways,” he
explained, “by which t > judge the
character of a man, tb * first by what h i
writes, the second by the memory in which
he is held, and the third by his deeds. It
is needless to speak of i r e writings of Burns.
When 1 consider his writings as a whole,
touching upon every subject, great and
small, and illumining the most indifferent
with the mag ilicoac j e,ml splendor of his
genius, I perceive biu feebly how much he
loved nature.”
In speaking of the memory of Burns, he
went on to say: “Ia none of those who has
the greater re po t for public opinion, and
tremble at the bar of its ultiinuto judgment;
it may not pass a correct ju l. mont, out its
judgn .e t . are almost infallible. Too mem
ory of Burns not, only around the hearth
stone and rim ng the hills and volleys of
Scotland, but throughout the world, is
fix-d and unalterable. Coming to tbe dee ‘s
of Burns—shall we judge him by t.lio ex
cesses which he committed—and give him
over to a world of darkness and gloom! I
do not condone the wrong, but I love the
wrong-doer; I love the man because he was
a man. All poe’s,av they move in a higher
atmosphere, it seems, are subject to tempta
tions peculiarly their own.
After the toast Mr. VV. Falconer sang the
famous Seotc i ballad, “Miry of Argyle.”
“GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.”
There was no response to the toast, “The
Queen,” but Mr. P. H. Ward sang the
national anthem “Gud Save the Queen.”
Hou. A. P. Adams was absent, and the
toast, “ The President of the Unite i States,”
was in the form of a song by Mr. U. W.
Adams. Air. Adams sang Millard’s “Wait
ing.”
Rev. Dr. Bowman responded to the
toast, “The pious and immorial
memory of St. Andrew.” Dr.
Bowman's re.ma: ks were humorous,
and were muoh enjoved. The history of
St. Andrew, he said, is exceedingly meager,
and is based largely 0.1 tradition. St. An
drew was bora in Gailliee and was a dis
ciple of St. John the Baoiist, and the first
apostle of Christ. Dr. Bowman referred to
the benevolence of .the societies of St. An
drew, and mentioned the ancient traditiuc
that a leg of St. Andrew’s body had been
carried from the continent of Europe and
buried in Scotland, and iu this way it is
probable that St. Andrew was selected as
Scotland’s patron saint. If one leg. Dr.
Bowman humorously said, of St. Andrews’
body buried in Scotland gave birth to so
cieties bestowing so much benevolence on
the world, what might ve not have ex
pected had his entii e body been interred in
Scotland.
THE LAND O’ CAKES.
The toast “The Land ’o Calces” was re
sponded to by Rev. Charles H. Strong,
whose remarks, for lack of space, ura only
given in substance. He referred to Calvin
ism and “cakes” os the two factors to which
Scotchmen owe their genius—to Calvinism
he attributed the stern, inflexible character
of the Scot, and to the “cake” and oatmeal,
through some seientiflo manner, his iron
trame and strength. He spoke alsi of the
wonderful influence which the Church of
Scotland had upon the Church of England,
and the close alliance between the Presby
terians and the Episcopalian churches, and
beautifully illustrated his remarks by
reference to the recent destruction by fire
of the Independent Presbyterian church,
when with extended hands and open hearts'
Episcopalians tendered to the Presbyte
rains the use of their churches. He dwelt
at some length on the deeds of bravery per
formed by Scotchmen.
After the response to the toast, “The Land
o’ Cakes,” Mr. Thomas Ballantyne gave the
Bcotch song “When the Kye Comes Hame.”
J- R. Saussy was down to respond to the
toast of “A’the Bonnie Lasses that Whir
lAmong the Heather,” but be was prevented
€>y indisposition.
Mr. W. G. Cann was called upon and re
sponded, after which Capt. J. W. McAlpin
song “Annie Laurie.”
Mayor Schwarz responded in an appro
priate manner to the toast, "Savannah, the
ttomeof our adoption." He referred fetf
’ ingly to Savannah’s past history and the
brightness of bsr future prospects. Mayor
Sjebwarz's remarks were well received, and
elicited much applause.
After the mayor’s response Mr. F. E.
R*barer sang “Come Where the Liadms
Bloom,” by Blumenttal, with his usual
taste and finish. In response to an encore
be gave “For Ever and Aye.”
In the absence of Judge Kalligant there
was no response to the toast, "Tbe Bench
and Bar.” but Mr. Ward sang the “Death
of Nelson.”
“OUR SISTER SOCIETIES."
Hon. P. W. Meldriin responded to the
toast “Our Sister Soeie’ies.” Mr. Meldrim
wa= at his best, and his fervid eloquence en
raptured his audience. He spoke of the
sentiment of liberty and personal freedom
which characterized all societies. He re
ferred to this sentiment, which from
Gertnanv crossed into England, from
England to America and America back to
France, and which but recently returned to
America and found a home in Brazil. Mr.
Moldrim’s spee-h was greatly apprecla ed
and lou lly applauded.
After Mr. M-ldrim’s speech Mr. Robert
Biilingtan sang “Vanity.”
Capt. John Wheaton responded to the
toast of “Our Invite i Ouest3,” after which
Mr. RatMUfer sang, "Svistbssrt G lod-by.”
Inis was received with groat eclat, and Mr.
Rabarer respond and with ‘‘Annie Liurie.”
Speeches were made and songs were sung
by several others. Long after midnight the
progo ly of the land of "Barns ’ and tlieir
friend jin and ban is and voices in singing,
"Auii Lang Sy.ie," and then dispersed.
DELIGHTED WITH THE SOUTH.
The Marino Engineers Speak Enthusi
astically of Their Reception.
J. 11. Reid, five years president of the
National Aw ciation of Marine Engineers,
who was in attendance at the annual con
vention at Charleston last week, took a run
over to Savannah Sunday night and spent
yesteday in tbe city. Mr. Reid is from
betroit. Mich., and engineer of the steamer
City of Cleveland.
In an interview with a Morning News
reporter yesterday Mr. Reid spoke in the
most complimentary way of southern hos
pitality. He says that if Cba: l@>ton hqspi
pi'odty is a fair sample, than not the
half ia* bean told of i(. He says the recep
tion to too engineers there was a surprise to
the northern delegates, and some idea, he
says, can be formed of the hospitality of the
people of Charleston when it is learned
that tbe convention was six days transact
ing its business, which ought to have been
finis .ad in two and a half days, but he says
it was otie o manual roundjof enjoyment, in
which nothing was left undone to add to
the pleasure of the delegates.
“It was the first national convention, of
any kind, held in Charleston since the great
convention of 1800,” said Mr. Reid, "but it
is not likely that so long a time will elapse
between our convention and other national
gatherings.”
Mr. Reid said that the next annual con
vention will be held at Washington City,
and every yoar thereafter until congress
refunds the license tax it collected from the
marine engineers for twenty-five years, or
if it does not restore the money which the
marine engineers claim was unjustly taken
from them, then tuey will ask that the
money, which aggregatesJ^MO,ooo shall, be
appropriated in some direction that will
prove beneficial to the craft, as, for instance,
a h > :,e or hospital for aged, invalid or
crippled marine engineers.
Mr. Reid says that the association num
bers seventy-nine divisions, with about
.1,000 members, and he was the chairman
of the committee which tackled Hon.
Samuel J. Randall iu an eff >rt to have the
distinguished Pennsylvanian advocate a
refunding of the money to the engineers.
“If we did this for you,” said Hr. Randall,
“we would next be called upon to return it
to the merchants, and next to some other
cla-s, and as a result the United States
treasury would soon be bankrupt. 1
recognize the justice of your claim, bnt it
wouldn’t do to establish the precedent, and
open the doors for a general raid oa the
treasury.
“But you kept up the tax on the marine
engineers and exou-ed the lawyers and the
doctors,” said Mr. R *id, “and do you toll
me that what has been un justly taken can
not bo honorably returned?” This was a
poser, but the wily congressman managed
to evade a categorical reply, and bowed his
visitor out.
A committee was appointed at Charles
ton to go to Washington at once and pross
upon congress the justice of the claim for
the roturu of a burdensome tax. "If the
committee does not succeed our entire con
vention will be there next January, and as
every congressional district where there is
navigablo water will be represented, we
expect to make a more favorable impres
sion upon Congress.”
LOCAL PERSONAL.
L. F. Wood of Pembroke is here.
R. M. Berrien of Millen is in the city.
W. B. Stansell of Euphapee is in town.
W. N. Howell of Valdosta is in the city.
P. F Jenkins of Thomasville is in the
city.
D. C. Townsend of Greensboro, Ga., is
here.
J. P. Coffee came in from Offerman yes
terday.
E. P. S. Denmark came up from Quitman
yesterday.
R. O. Lovett came in from Waynesboro
yesterday.
Dr. and Airs. C. N. Brandt are at Suwan
nee Springe
W. B. Fiske of New York is stopping at
the Da Soto.
J. H. Masquard and wife, of Boston, are
at i be De Soio.
Ralph B. Sandford came up from St.
Mary’s las, night,
L. B. Smith of Valdosta came up to Sa
vannah last night.
M. P. Buck aud wife, of Boston, are stop
ping at the De Soto.
Mrs. Lilly B. Day of Brunswick is a
guest of the Screven.
J. S. Harn of Macon came down to
Sa v a uuah y esterd ay.
J. X. Lodge of Whigham came up to
Savannah last night.
B. C. Halbrook and wife, of Denton, Md.,
are guests of the Pulaski.
Cecil Morgan, deputy clerk of the United
States court at Macon, is in the city.
J. J. Dale came over from Beaufort, 8.
C., yesterday, and stopped at the Pulaski.
Johu De .ham, editor of the Tribune,
Moi.tieello, Fla., is in the city. Ha reports
his city and the adjacent country in a most
prosperous condition.
Thomas West, who is at Suwannee
Springs, has beaten the record by drinking
a gallon and a half of spring water in less
than an hour, and he has a wagor that he
will drink two gallons iu that time.
Air. and Mrs. J. Seaver Page and Alias
Helen Page returned from their Florida
trip, and were guests of the Do Soto yester
day morning. They sailed for New York
yesterday at ter noon on the Nacoochee.
The River and Harbor Committee.
The river and harbor improvement com
mittee will meet at the city exchange at
4:30 o’clock this afternoon. Owing to the
illness of H. M. Comer, chairman of the
committee, F. D. Bloodworth is expected to
preside at the meeting.
F. E. Rebarer is hard at work compiling
statistic* of the port, and had two men at
work yesterday, collecting data on the
coastwise business of the.port for ISS9.
Sirocco Tea.
India and Ceyiou Tea, the fashionable tea
of Europe. Each packet sealed and guar
anteed absolutely pure. Prices tK)c., 80c.
aud $1 per pound. Davidson aud Cos.,
grower, 1436 Broadway, New York. Lipp
man Bros., Agents, Lippman Block, Sa
vtiuuau.
i IIE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1800.
SET BACK ALL ABOUND.
COM MISSION 3 A BOUBQUIN FAILS
TO GET HIS BUMMONsa3.
Justice McDermott Notified that He
Must Call Out tbe I tret District’s
Male Population for Road Duty on
Feb. 12 and 13-Mr. Bourquln Has a
Hard Time Getting His Summons
Blanks, but He Bays He Will Get
Them Somehow —What Alderman
Harmon Says.
Commssioner Bourquln, chairman of the
board of county road commissioners, re
vived several set-backs yesterday in bis
efforts to get gammons blanks for the jus
ti •es of the peace of the First district to call
out the ma'e citizens of the district to work
the Louisville road; but, notwithstanding
bis ill luck, he was just as determined as
ever last night to fight to a finish.
Mr. Bourquin notified Justice McDormott
yesterday to issue summonses to-day for the
citizens to turn ou- Wei navi ay aud Thurs
day. Fob. 12 and Id, to work the road, and
in default to appear O i Monday, Feb 17, to
give their reasons for not complying with
tho summonses. Mr. B uirquin was unable
to serve a persona!notice rn Justice E idres,
who, it is believed, got wi id of Mr. Bour
qui i’s visit and slipped out the back way to
see a man.
couldn’t get the blanks.
Mr. B >urquin applied to Capt. John R.
Dillon for the necessary summons blanks
for lrnme.liate use an 1 w.n refused. He
then sought to'have a meeting of the board
of county commissioners called to take
action iu the matter, and failed in that di
rection.
In an interview with a Morning News
reporter Mr. Bourquin said last nigh; that
he hal applied to Cha’rmau Wa.ker to
know if the blanks could not bu furnished
him, and Col. Walker would not give au
affirmative answer, but said that it was a
mat'or for the board of county commis
sioners to act upon. Mr. Bourquin savs
that he next asked Commissioner Estill,
aud be expressed the opinion that the
blanks could not be denied him. Commis
sioner Smart was next visited, but he whs
non-committal, but thought that psrt of
the Louisville road lying in the city limits
ought to be worked.
“I have promisolto have the summons
blanks in the hands of the justices by noon
to-morrow,”said Mr. Bourquin last night,
“aud they will be filled in to-morrow, and
served. You can depend ou it.”
“How will you get tha summons blanks?”
Mr. Bourquin was asked.
will get them somehow.
“Never mind ho w or where I get them,”
he replied. “I will have them ready for
delivery by noon.”
“Your interview with the county officials
in Monday’s Morning News is calculated
to mislead the people,” Mr. Bourquin said.
There is nothing in tho road laws of 1876,
governing Chatham comity, in conflict with
section 652 of the Code. I have never
called out tne mals residents of tho city to
work the public roads iu the county,
nor do I claim that I have any
authority so to do, but there is
nothing in section 1 of the road laws of
Chatham comity in conflict with section 652
of the Code. Section 1, which the county
official quotes, does not provide that citi
zens of the city shnll not be called out to
work the streets of the city, when the city
authorities neglect or refuse to put the
streets in repair.
THE JUSTICES EX-OFFICIO COMMISSIONERS.
“In such an emergency the unrepealed sec
tion 652 of the Code makes the justices of
the peace in the district where tha neglected
street is located ex-ofllcio mad commission
ers. and I, as chairman of the board of
road commissioners, under the rules and
regulations of tne board, must serve
notice on them to comply with the pro
visions of the statute. Section 9 of the
road laws of Chatham county gave us full
power to pass tbe lules and regulations
under which I have issued the notice to ex
officio Road Commissioners Endres aud
McDermott."
Mr. Bourquin says that Justice McDer
mott informs him that he has consulted
with VV. G. Chariton, Etq., and the la tor
told him that thee is no wav of legally
escaping the s*3rvice of the summonses, and
Mr. Bourquin claims that the weight of
legal opinion is on hie side.
The persistency with which Mr. Bour
quin has been p ishing the matter has led
to negotiations between the city authori
ties and the county commissioners, the
initial step having been taken yesterday
afternoon by a communication from Mayor
Schwarz to the county commissioner j look
ing to some arrangements whereby the
road may be worked, and the citizens
saved the mortification of marching across
the canal with spades and hoes to
work the road, and it is believed that some
plan will bo devised to obviate the necessity
of turning the citizens of a metropolitan
city into a corps of sappers and miners.
THS CITY CAN’T DO THE WORK.
Alderman Harmon, chairman of the
street and lane committee, says ' hat he is
Derfectly willing to put the road in repair
if the money is appropriated for that pur
pose, but until such provision is made
he does not props? to divert the
money appropriated for neoded street
repairs in the city proper
to repair to roads west of the canal. He
says that the condition of the road is not as
bad as it has been represented. It is a sandy
road, and there are some holes in it, but it
is no worse than soma of the streets nearer
the trade centers, and he does not propose
to take the money raised by taxing the peo
ple for street work in the improved por
tions of the city, and waste it outside of the
improved portion of the city. Mr. Bour
quiu, he says, cannot make people work the
roads whd pay taxes for keeping up street
repairs. Mr. Bourciuin lias no authority
whatever, Mr. Harmon contends, over any
roads or parts of roads except those which
lie outside of the corporate limits.
TIIE RULES DON’T APPLY.
It is contended, also, that the rules and
regulations under which Mr. Bourquin
claims to be working as president of the
board, do not apply at all to the case in
point, as under section 653 no authority is
given his board to pass rules and regula
tions, the pow -i- given his board only pro
viding that his board shall only pass such
rules ana regulations a, maybe necessary
to carry into effect the purposes of
the road laws of Ciiatnsm county of 1576,
section of the consolidated laws snecifl.
cally defining what law may be enforced by
rules and regulations of the board of road
commissioners, the language of the section
being as follows:
Skition 3. Be it further enacted. That the or
ganisation Known as the board of road commis
sioners of Chatham county be, and the same is
hereby confirmed, with full power to fill all
vacancies and pass such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry into effect the
purposes of this law.
THE CAVALRY REGIMENT.
Election Returns from Brunswick and
Liberty Companies Received.
Col. W. W. Gordon, regimental com
mander,received yesterday the returns from
Brunswick and Walthourvilie of Saturday’s
election for field officers of the First Cav
alry regiment of Georgia. The companies
reporting are the Brunswick Light Horse
Guards and the Liberty Independent Troop.
The result of the eleodons of these compa
nies are as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel—E. P. Aliller, captain
of the Independent Liberty Troop.
First Major—P. W. Meiiruu, lieutenant
of the Hussars.
Second Major—T. C. Wylly, Jr., captain
of the Mclntosh Light Dragoons.
The returns will be held until to-day,
when C >l. Gordon expects to get the result
of the election of the other four companies.
The consolidated returns will then be for
warded to Uov. Gordon.
DOLLARS COMING IN 6LOW.
Tha South Bound Enterprise Lagging
for Want of Subscriptions.
'1 here is little new in South Bound affairs.
Very few subscriptions have bee 1 added,
and if greater interest is not manifested
soon it is believed that the ending of the
canvass will be like that for subscriptions
to the Savannah, Americas and Montgom
ery road last year.
CoL Hawkins sought to raise $50,000 bora,
failed and had to pool with the Central. ‘
CoL Fry came here looking for eacourage
ment tor the Atlantic, Atlanta and Great
Western road, but little or no interest was
taken in toe enterprise, and the Brunswick
newspapers say taat Brunswick will be the
terminus of the road.
Following closely upon the two failures
to get independent lines to Cincinnati bere
a charter has t?een obtained from Branoh
ville, S. C., to Jacksonville, Fla., and a gen
tleman prominently connected with the
South Bound enterprise said yesterday that
there is no room for doubt that if the South
Bound should fail the Brauchville road will
be built aud Savannah be left off the
line. The building of the
South Bound, he says, means
abandonment of that line,*as the South
Bound with is connections will shorten the
route to the norto, and by its reciprocal
relations with other great lines of railway
would so completely command the territory
through which it would run that the
Brauchville project could not command the
financial backing which it will at once
readily obtain if the South Bound is aban
don sd.
‘ T am tired of neglecting my own private
business to get up subscriptions to a road
that will benefit others tin fold more thau
I can possibly bo benefited,” said the gen
tleman, "although I would like to see it
built, and have subscribed my share to aid
the enterprise. A few are called upon to
stand the burden, and the many staud back
and reap a harvest which they have never
helped to sow. There are hundreds who have
not given a dollar, wiio expect that the
road will be built anyhow, and that sort
of shirking responsibility has done more to
stiflle enterprise than all other causes com
bined. Meantime other cities are subserio
i ?K liberally to railroad enterprises and
getting railroads which are continually
making incursions into territory hitherto
tributary to Savannah.”
Another gentleman said: “The lack of
encouragement shown to railroads here
serves to prevent others from abroad from
investing rn ney in them. When a northern
capitalist is asked to subscribe to the stock
of the South Bound, what other answer can
you expect from him than this: ‘lf your
people have no confidence in the enterprise
you cannot expect me to have. Your people
have been asked to subscribe only
$75,000 to the stock of the South
Bound, and you have been working on it a
year and have raised only $50,000. Your
town is a moneyed town. We are willing
to invest in enterprises in tha south in which
your people show, by helping it themselves,
that they have faith in the success of tho
investment.
“Tnis,” adde l the gentleman, who has
taken an active interest in the canvass, “is
the reply they make us,” aud he remarked
further t hat if the subscription asked of
Savannah bad been promptly made up a
year ago, the road would now be nearly, if
not quite completed. He added that a party
stood ready to take hold of it and push it
through then, who, finding the apathy in
Savannah, liad put his money in a railroad
elsewhere, aud was now beyond the com
mand of the projectors of the South Bound.
There appears to be a general feeling of
discouragement among those who have
worked zealously to raise the required sub
scription, and if there is not soon developed
a more liberal spirit among those who can
and it is urged should come to tbe relief of
the enterprise, the canvass for subscription,
whioh is now lagging, will be discontinued
altogether, and another lost opportunity
will be recorded in the local calendar of aid
refused to railroads pointing this way.
TAKEN AT A PISTOL’S POINT.
Officer Humphreys’ Capture of a Des
perate Escaped Convict.
John Williams (colored), after being at
liberty for two years, having escaped from
Shuman’s chain-gang April 1, 18S3, where
he was serving out a sentence of twelva
months imposed by Judge Harden, was
arrested yesterday moruing by Deputy
Sheriff Humphreys, of Magistrate Rus
sell’s court, after a lively chase.
Since his escape from the chain-gang
Williams has been i:i the city frequently,
but the officers were unable to locate him.
Last Saturday Simon Desser, one of the
chain-gang men, met Williams in Yamn
eraw and tried to arrest him. Williams
drew a knife and advauced on Hesser, and
the officer pulled the trigger of his pistol,
but the cartridge failed to explode, and’
Williams made his escape.
Yesterday morning Officer Humphreys,
who was ou the lookout for Williams, saw
him g dug down Jefferson street,And started
after him. Williams is a desperate crim
inal, by reputation, and the officer used
caution in approaching him. The negro
went up Jefferson street to State, and,
crossing State, went to West Broad street,
and as he was turning the corner of Mar
garet street the officer, who was behind him,
shoved a nistol in his face and said, “You
are my prisoner.’’
Williams was surprised and looked at the
officer quizzically. I'he pistol almost
touched his forehead and the determined
look of the officer told him that if he did
not obey the situation would be pretty
serious for him. After recovering from
his surprise Williams said, doggedly:
“What do you want?”
“I wa it yon,” was the officer’s reply, and
a p ir of handcuffs were slipped over one of
Williams’ wrists. X'ne negro looked at the
officer a id then a: the shining barrel of the
pistol which was leveled at his head. He
was holding his coat in the other hand, and
seemed to be meditating whether to go with
the officer or not.
“But your hand in that handcuff,” or
dered the officer.
At this juncture another negro ran up
and asked the officer not to shoot Williams.
Williams did not move a muscle, and was
watching the officer closely. The officer
again ordered him to put his han 1 in the
handcuff, and it .was not and me until the click
of the pistol was heard and
Williams calmly but reluctantly placed his
band iu the cuif and allowed it to be locked.
The coat which he had under his arm inter
fered with the handcuffs, but Williams re
fused to put it down until it was taken
from him and then a rock was found in one
of the pockets. Ho was taken to Magistrate
Russell’s office, and when questioned he ad
mitted that ho iiad escaped from the chain
gang. He said be left on account of cruel
treatment, and had been living in the Fort
ever since.
A crowd followed the officer and prismer
on the way to the magistrate’s office, and a
good many people thought that Williams
had killed sunetxxly. A committal wa:
made out and officer Humphreys took the
prisoner to jail, where he will remain until
the chain-gang guard comes for him.
CITY BREVITIES.
Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.,
meets this evening.
Up to 1 o'clock this morning there were
seven cases of disorderly conduct entered
on the mayor’s docket for trial in tho police
court to -i la y.
Manager Rood, of the telephone com
pany, asks the Morning News to state
tout the break oa Tybee telephone line on
Sunday was due to a defect iu the instru
ment used to call Tybee, aud not to the ab
sence of the Tybee operator. The break
was repaired as soon as possible. An extra
operator has been put on at Tybee during
the illness of Mrs. Evans.
The agonies of chiUblaius are permanently
cured by Salvation OU. Price 35 cents a bottle.
Us and properly it never disappoints anybody.
We refer tu Us, UuUk.UaugUiu'uiit
•J. A. G. CARSON’ THE MAN.
THIS COUNCIL SETTLES UPON HIM
AS ALD. WELLS’ SUCCBLSOB.
An Election to be Held To-Morrow
Night -P. D. Daffln Unred for the
Ploc?, but Vr. Carson’s Friends
Steal a March on Kim—The Proba
ble Rearrangement of the Com
mittees.
A special meeting of the city council will
be called to-morrow night, at which it is
pretty well settle.! that J. A. G. Carson will
be elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of David Wells.
A committee of three, consisting of Alder
men Cano, Haines and Nichols was appoint
ed by the caucus, which decided to select Mr.
Carson, to call on him and urge him to ac
cept, and the committee has received his
acceptance.
It has leaked ou f that P. D. Daffln came
very near being the new alderman, and it
is a surprise to him and his friends outside
the caucus U>w he was floored. From two
reliable sources it is understood that he had
a majority of the caucus vote.
THE VOTE IV THE CAUCUS.
One statement is that Mr. Daffin had
seven of the eleven votes, and another is
that ho had six, and, the minority being a
rather largo one, advantage was taken of it
to suggest some oue who would command a
fuller vote of the caucus.
One of Mr. Da (Tin’s friends said last night
that when Mr. Daffin bad a clear majority
of the vote of the caucus it shouid have
been followed by a motion to make his
nomination unanimous, thus assuring his
election.
A member of the council, when asked by
a Mob.ni.vq News reporter who will lie
elected to-morrow night, said it has been
mutually agreed by the committee to with
hold the name of the gentleman decided
upon, although the alderman admitted that
the only reason for secrecy lias in the fact
that the gentleman’s election is not asslted.
MR. CARSON LIKELY TO BK ELECTED.
It could not be learned la3t night that
Mr. D.ifhu’s friends in the council will op
pose Mr. Carson, although it is known that
Mr. Daffla is not in the best humor after
learning that he had a majority vote of the
caucus.
It is understood that in the event of Mr.
Carson’s election Alderman McDonough
will be given the chairmanship of the water
committee, and Mr. Carson will take Mr.
McDonough’s place as chairman of the as
sessment committee.
Mr. Carson’s friends say that he will be a
progressive alderman, and a valued addi
tion to the board. Mr. Carson is the junior
member of the firm of J. P. Williams &
Cos., naval stores and ootton factors, and a
representative man in commercial circles.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR
Happenings Along the Wharves and
Among the Shipping.
The schooner John 8. Beacham came
down off Willmk’s marina railway after
having had a leak caulked in her bottom.
She will sail hence for Charleston.
Strachan & Cos. cleared yesterday the
British ship Crusader for Bremen, with
3,528 bales of upland cotton, weighing
1,722,167 pounds, valued at $175,084. Cargo
by Messrs. Pferdmeages, Preyer & Cos.
The fishing schooners Gertrude Summers
and Belle of the Bay arrived yesterday
morning from a cruise on the” snapper
banks. Both vessels made good catches of
red snappers, whioa will be shipped north.
The steamship Kansas City, w hich sailed
hence for New York and passed Tybee at
12 m. Friday, arrived in New York at 8:30
o’clock Sunday morning, having made the
trip in 44>£ hours, and from dock to dock
in 48 hours. This beats all the records, and
proves the Kansas City to be the fastest
coastwise steamship afloat.
Four steamships of tho Ocean Steamship
Company’s lines were aground at one time
yesterday opposite the f >ot of West Broad
street. The City of Birmingham, from
New York, the City of Savannah, from
Boston, the Nacoochee, bound for New
York, and the Dassoug, for Philadelphia,
all stuck about the same time, and in the
neighborhood of each other. Three tugs
went to their assistance a id pulled them o"if
after a snort while, when the outgoing
steamers proceeded to sea aryl the incoming
steamers were docked. The spot where they
struck teems to shoal up rapidly, necessi
tating constant dredging.
A board of survey consisting of Jamas T.
Stewart, Lloyd’s agent, Captain Benick, of
the British steamship Boncroy, one port
warden, Waiter Robertson, British vice
consul, accompanied by C. S. Connerat,
went down to T-,-bee ou the tug Cambria
yesterday, to hold a survey on the British
steamship Gloniffar, which is anchored
there. On examination of the ship the
board found on 9 of the ballast tanks leaking.
There were no other evidences of damage
to the ship or of her leaking. The board
considered the vessel capable of carrying
cargo, which will not require the ballast
tanks to be filled. The steamer went
ashore on Stonohorse shoals on the morning
of Jan. 24, while coming up from the south
ward in the haze of land. She got off after
working her engines for fully an hour.
These shoals are very dangerous to vessels
coming up from the southward, and
the vessels not infrequently get ashore
there and quite a number have been
wrecked. The shoals need buoying
to give some indication of their preseuce to
ves.els coining in under the land, especially
vessels bound up from the southward for
Tybee. The Gieniffer was cleared yester
day by Messrs. Richardson & Barnard for
Norfolk, where she will take on cotton.
HI3 FIRST ORDER.
Departmmeat Commander Porter of
the G. A. R. Announces Hla Staff.
Department Commander Porter of the
G. A. R. issued his first general order yes
terday, announcing the general officers of
the department, and tho council of admin
istration elected at Augusta last week, and
his personal staff. The names of the officers
elect were published in the Morning News
Sunday. Commander Porter congratulates
the department upon its prosperous condi
tion, and urges renewed zeal in securing
recruits. There are many ex-union soldiers
in the country, and the commander urges
the department to use its best endeavors
that all within its jurisdiction who were
united in comradeship as soldiers may be
united in the comradeship of the grand
army.
Concert For the Kindergarten.
A concert will bo given at Armory hall
to-night under the auspices of the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, for the
benefit of the free kindergarten which the
union has established. The leading musical
talent in the city has been secured, aad the
concert will bo under the direction of
Prof. W. N. Smith. The purpose for which
it is given and the attractivneass of the
entertainment commend it to tho generous
patronage of the public.
Fell From a Scaffold.
A colored hod-earner fell from a ladder
at the Hanley building yesterday morning,
receiving a painful scalp wound. He went
to the city dispensary and had the wound
dressed and resumed his work. The acci
dent was occasioned by a fellow-laborer
above him stepping <>n his fingers, the sud
den shock of the pain causing him to let go
his hold on the rung of the ladder, and he
fell on his head a distance of twenty feet.
Milledgkvillk, Ga., March, 1881.
Dear Sir—aa iodine acts like a charm; it
is the best remedy for scratches or mud
poison I have ever used. Please send me
another package at onco. Respectfully,
M. B Ball,
BAKING POWDER.
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POWOIO
Absolutely Pure.
Dls powder sever varies A marvel of parity,
strength and v.-holeeonienesi. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot bs
sold hi competition with the multitude of low
teat, short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Soia only in cans. Rot at. ktxixo Town an Co
-106 Wall street. New York.
WANT TO SEE IT WORK.
The New Aerial Fire truck Expected
to Arrive To-Day.
P. P. Crolley of the LaFrance Engine
Company of Elmira, N. Y., is in the city,
and if the new aerial truck reaches Savan
nah in time he will give an exhibition of
its workings. The officers of the Charles
ton fire department will bo invited to come
over and see it work.
Mr. Crolley received the following tele
gram yesterday:
Macon, Ga., Jan. 27, IS9O.
Has the aerial truck arrived? If so will leave
to-night for Savannah. Answer.
• _ L. M. Jonbs,
Chief of the Fire Department.
It is expected that Chief Jones and the
fire committee of the Macon citv council,
and the fire committee and chief iiretnan of
Charleston will be here to see how the
aerial ladder works, and also to see how the
double engine works.
The aerial ladder has been twelve days
on the road, and no trace of it has yet been
learned. It may arrive to-day, and Mr.
Crolley says he can fit it up for work in an
hour or two after it is delivered.
Influenza.
Influenza yields to Brower’s Lung Re
storer.
The Rush Still Continues
At the Fire Insurance Clothing Sale, 107
Bay street, opposite cotton exchange. Can
you wonder at such crowds, when fine
clothing is being sold at 35 cents on the
dollar of manufacturer’s cost? To those
who have not bought yet, I would advise
them to call at once, as this sale will last
but a short time. Compare these prices and
recollect every garment guaranteed as ad
vertised.
A splendid suit of Men’s Clothes for $3 90;
this suit is weli made, ail to match, latest
style, and really worth sl3. Men’s extra
line quality suits, made and trimmed in best
possiule manner, $7 89, guaranteed to be
worth S2O. High grade goods, meaning
equal to the finest quality tailor work in
all styles, we will sell for $lO 25, worth $25.
We offer an elegant pair of Meu’g Pants for
$1 55, made of nice cloth, and they are
really worth $4. Men’s elegant Fall Suits
$4 fia, worth sls. Men’s Chinchilla Over
coats $4 50, worth sl4. Men’s Silk
faced Fall Overcoats $5 85, worth $lB. A
tremendous variety of Boys’ aad Children’s
Clothing of tho finest quality; all must
go at a terrible sacrifice. Do not fail
to call and examine goods aud prices
at this great sale—to be sold at retail.
A chance for such wonderful bar
gains occurs only once in a lifetime.
Remember the address, 107 Bay street (Bat
tersby building), opposite Savannah Cotton
Exchange, Savannah, Ga. The store will
remain open every evening until 9 o’clock
and Saturday until 11 p. m. *
A VERY BULKY LINE.
Hardly More Than One-Half of L. &
L.’s Goods in Their Stores.
Few people have any conception of the
room required to contain such a stock as is
carried by Lovell & Lattimoro, Hardware
and Stove Dealers of this city. Two stores
thrown into one, with cellars and second and
third stories fail to furnish space enough,
and for years they have used the large
brick warehouse just in the rear, 69x45 feet,
which now, from increase of business,
barely suffices. Having such a quantity of
hal'd ware and stoves of course embraces a
largo variety of it, and it is for this reason
and on account of low prices that Lovell &
Lattimore are favorites with the public.
82R10U3 DIFFICULTY
At Office of Rowland & Myers, 94 Bay
Street.
The difficulty at Messrs. Rowland &
Myers’ office yesterday was occasioned by
their announcement in Sunday’s Mobnkt g
News that they would offer lots at South
Savannah for SSO each on the easy terms of
$2 cash and $2 a month until paid for.
Not expecting sucu a rush, they were not
as well prepared to meet it as they would
like to have been, and the difficulty above
referred to was in endeavoring to serve
each purchaser in their proper turn.
A reporter was informed by them yester
day afternoon, however, that they would
be prepared to serve all who called from
now on without delay.
Big Reward.
Those catering to the wants as well as to
the iuterest of their patrons are usually re
warded, aa was shown yesterday by the
liberal patronage to B. H. Levy & Bro.’s
clothing house. Hundreds have availed
themselves and got good clothing at very
low prices. The good work will be going
on all the week, and all tnose in watt of
good clothing at low prices will do well to
call on them.
A Chance to See Well.
Drs. Bernhardt & Matfchez, the scientific
opticians, are kept busy at the Do 3oto, and
are meeting with the same success in this
city as in all other parts of t'aa country.
Their skill in properly fitting glares is un
questionable, and they invite the most care
ful scrutiny of the methods employed and
their ability to give the greatest of all
blessings, perfect sight to impaired eyes.
Resident, Not Traveling Opticians.
Dr. M. Schwab & Sou inform the public
that they can correct any errors of refrac
tion or any impaired eyesight which can ba
corrected or relieved by optical skill, as
well as any one in this country. Wo have
hundreds of testimonial; from the best citi
zens of Savannah and elsewhere, but never
make use of any testimonials in the news
papers, as our work speaks for itseif. We
further state should any mistake occur it
can easily be corrected, as we are perma
nently located. Dr. .0. Schwab &. Son,
opticians, No. 23 Bull street, Savannati,
Ga. _____
Clubs.
The following named clubs, Commercial,
at Augusta. Ga.; Semiuole, at Jackson
ville, Fia.; Cape Fear, at Wilmington, N.
C.; Guards, at Savannah, Ga., supply their
members with th e"Hernan Cortea" cigars,
made at Key West and sold by Leo Roy
Mi'cr & Cos,, Savannah, Ga.
LEDDEJi ft BATES 8. M. H.
~ | ET men be ever so shrewd
I In business, let them be
lever such good buyers and
sellers of bank shares
railroai stock or general mer
cnandiae, wnen thev come to
buy a piano t r their own par
lors, they are generally at sea—
they know perhaps how much
money they are ready to spend—
but Chat i- all they positively to
know. Having heard much of
too slipper j ways of trade, they
are cautious, a .and instead of i u .
quiring of those who know
something about instruments
they ask slyly here and there'
mixing up things in their minds
until they become provoked.and
then go ahead and do exactly
what they ought not do. Let
U3lay down a rule, namely: Buy
only a good piano and purchase
only from a reliable dealer."
•
JUST SO! Good solid business
men do often make serious mis
takes in buying a piano—giving
an exorbitant price for an in
forior instrument. Our position
in the trade, gained by years of
hard work and experience, en
ables us to represent the VERY
BEriT INSTRUMENTS manu
factured, and we can guarantee
them with a goftd conscience
One price only, aud that less'
than at the factory. Terms to
suit all buyers.
LODDEN & BATES SJLI
DRY GOODS.
‘LAST WEEK OF OfJS AM UAL SALE
> OB’
| *
Dry Goods, Notions, Etc.
Unapproachable Inducements Offered in
All Departments.
CROHAN & DOONER.
fUBSITOBB.
FURNITURE
We still continue the
sale of our IMMENSE
STOCK at GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES. It
will pay you to examine
our stock before pur
chasing elsewhere, WE
CAN SAVE YOU
MONEY.
The A. J. MiilerGo.
171 BROUGHTON STREET.
COAL AND WOOO.
WOOD &COAL
OP ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 49.
Office", Drayton street. Citizens’ BankßuJtiing
PRINTING.
g\ sa CENTS will pay for THE DAILY
MORNING NEWS one week, delivered
M Bto any part of the city. Send your ad
fc-rW dress with 25 cents to tlie Business
Office and have the paper delivered regularly.
DAVIS BROS
KNABE LEADS WWffiffi
Over 50 years before the public.
Musicians acknowledge it the best.
Preferred by private families.
Savannah’* leading favorite.
Society Leaders pay homage to it.
Wealth and Culture demand it.
Music Teachers’ labor lessened by it.
Scholars learn rapidly on it.
Tuners but seldom needed on it.
Price as low as consistent.
Terms as easy as possible.
The Cash price beats the world.
Try it and be convinced.
None hear it but to love it.
None see it but to Duy it.
Twenty to select from.
COME ALL YE THIRSTING FOR MCSIC
TO
DAVIS BROS.,
SOLE AGENTS,
42, 44,46 and 48 Bull Street.
SA V ANN All - - G4*
